Method of making button and buttonhole strips for plackets



Feb. 22, 1944. .1 BERNsTEgN 2,342,569

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Patented Feb. 22, 1944 METHOD OF MAKING BUTTON AND BUTTONHOLE STRIPS FOR PLACKETS Joseph Bernstein, New York, N. Y. v Application November 4, 1942, Serial No. 464,464

1 Claim.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in a method of making button and buttonhole strips for plackets and other openings.

More specifically, the invention proposes a method of making button and buttonhole strips on a standard embroidery machine with certain of the strips being formed with buttonholes and others being formed with buttons forming complementary pairs of strips arranged in a, manner to be attached to the opposed sides of a garment opening to close the same. v

Still further the method consists in embroidering a piece of fabric with an all-over pattern which divides the piece of fabric into vertically adjacent horizontal strips separated from each other by closely spaced lines of embroidered stitches, spaced embroidered buttonholes on certain of the strips and spaced embroidered marks on the other of the strips aligned with the buttonholes in a manner to have buttons sewed in position upon the marks to be aligned with the buttonholes.

Another object of this invention proposes to cut the strips apart between the embroidered lines of stitches so that each strip has its edges finished by the stitches to prevent these edges from unraveling.

It is a further object of this invention to propose a method which is simple and which when carried out will result in a product which is useful for its intended purpose.

For further comprehension of the invention, and of the objects and advantages thereof, reference Iwill be had to the following description and accompanying drawing, and to the appended claim in which the various novel features of the invention are more particularly set forth.

In the accompanying drawing forming a materal part of this invention- Fig. l is a portion of a piece of fabric embroidered in accordance with this invention.

Fig. 2 is a View similar to Fig. 1 but illustrating the fabric in the process of being cut apart.

Fig. 3 is a view of one of the strips formed with buttonholes.

Fig. 4 is a View of another of the strips having buttons sewn in position thereon.

Fig. 5 illustrates the strips shown in Figs. 3 and 4 partially joined together.

Fig. 6 is a View similar to Fig. 1, but illustrating another embroidered design.

The method of making button and buttonhole Sil strips for plackets and other openings, consists in embroidering a piece of fabric I0 on a standard embroidery machine with an al1-over pattern. This pattern consists of vertically adjacent horizontal strips I I and I2 which are separated from each other by closely spaced lines of ernbroidery stitches I3. It will be noted that the strips II and I2 are alternated and that the strips II are formed with spaced embroidered buttonholes I4. The strips I2 are formed with spaced embroidered button marks I5, with the marks I5 being in alignment with the buttonholes I4.

Upon completing the embroidering operation the strips I I and I2 are cut apart, as shown at I6 in Fig. 2, between the adjacent lines of stitches I3 resulting in the strips shown in Figs. 3 and 4. These strips, by being cut apart between the adjacent lines of stitches I3 produces strips which have their adjacent edges nished by the lines of stitches I3 preventing these edges from unraveling.

Buttons I 'I are then sewed in position upon the marks I5 formed on the strips I2 and these buttons I'I will be in direct alignment with the buttonholes I4 of the strips II so that the buttons I1 may be engaged with the buttonholes I4 as shown in Fig. 5. The application of the strips Il and I2 to the material at the sides of a garment opening has not been shown as this forms no part of this invention and is entirely known to those skilled in the art.

While the piece of fabric I0 has been shown with alternate strips formed with buttonholes I4 and button marks I 5, this is just by way of illustration. Separate pieces of fabric could be formed with one piece being formed entirely with strips having buttonholes and the other being` formed entirely with button marks aligned with the buttonholes of the first piece of fabric.

In Fig. 6, the adjacent strips II and I2' are shown with circular shaped buttonholes I4.

While I have illustrated and described the preferred embodiments of my invention, it is to be understood that I do not limit myself to the preoise constructions herein disclosed and the right is reserved to all changes and modifications coming Within the scope of the invention as defined in the appended claim.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by United States Letters Patent is:

A method of making button and buttonhole strips for piackets and other openings, consisting in embroidering on a piece of fabric, a pattern which consists of vertically adjacent horizontal strips separated from each other by close- 1y spaced lines of embroidered stitches, spaced embroidered buttonholes on certain of said strips and spaced embroidered marks on the other of said strips aligned with said buttonholes, cutting' said strips apart between said embroidered lines of stitches so that each strip has its edges finished by said embroidered lines of stitches, and sewing buttons for said buttonholes on the said embroidered marks.

JOSEPH BERNSTEIN. 

